Salt/Grit

SilvaRizla · Spanner Monkey Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Karma :

Slippery as a greased up baby!

Bloody horrible stuff, lost the back end as I joined a sweeping downhill left that'd been gritted today. Fuck knows how I got it back and didn't highside, I wasn't far off being sideways with my left foot on the ground.

After that I overtook a bus and a taxi was pulling out (wasn't a junction he'd come on to the curb to let his passenger out). Managed to sqeeze between him and the car on the other side and give him the evil eyes.

Then white van man pulled out on me, another back wheel in the air job but I didn't hit him. - It was dark and I had my lights on too, dunno how he didn't see me

Just a general bad biking day

Oh well, all part of the package

/rant

Silva.
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Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

sodium hexacyanoferrate (II) - anti-caking
Molasses - de-icer
sand
gravel

Thats about all I can find?

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

The main problem is that the salt and grit together with car tyres acts like grinding paste and polishes all the little pebbles in the road surface to a mirror shine. This is why it feels like you're riding on glass.

colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

a light sprnikling of small bell bearings

KTM Gordo · Brolly Dolly Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Karma :

Err... if you know the roads have been gritted then you should be taking extra care as there's still a risk of ice even on treated roads.

If you lack the machine control to ride in bad weather, perhaps you should be taking the bus instead?
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mchaggis · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 May 2004 Karma :

The molasses attract sheep onto the road. These sheep then refuse to move, even if you try and push them out of the way. They're addicted to the sugar and cause major problems on Highland roads. Deer cause the same problems too, with salt as well. Rolling Eyes

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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

maybe they should add a tastes bad additive to stop the critters snacking

SilvaRizla · Spanner Monkey Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Karma :

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SilvaRizla · Spanner Monkey Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Karma :

True, but this was yesterday when it was relativley ok, on Kirkby/Ormskirk roads which are nowhere near as bad as Liverpool,

Safe ride

Silva

PS Is your bike sorted yet
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Teaman · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Karma :

Think you might be forming your own conclusions about someone you might not know, eg the machine, self controll.
From what I can gather the comment at the start of the thread was isnt it rather slippy outside
and how he managed to NOT have any accidents.
If you had directed it at me I might have had to hunt you down and kill you twice, then use your sperm to make babies somehow and then kill them just for good measure Very Happy

(that bits a joke)

you then commented about bike cotrol or lack of it, you m,ight not have directed this at rizla although It did read that way to me although depending on whos post you read first you could have said it about me as I am spinning the back end up on the odd occasion and I mentioned cornering is as scary as hell.
ok, fair enough, I know you don't know me so I wont take it to heart about my said bike controll. I could mention I used to teach motocross and trails and have more years off road riding experience than I do on road and on road I have well over 30,000 miles all weathers on different bikes.

anyway back on topic, I think the snow isnt helping matters at the moment becasue as it melts its washing away all the salt and then the damp is freezing up again. Tiz a right royal pain in the arse
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Biggest problem I find with the stuff they are chucking on the roads now is that it just smears on your visor. Virtually impossible to keep it clear to see where you are going.

All the best

Keith
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nrml76 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Karma :

Get one of those rubber wiper thingies that you can slip onto a gloved finger (I think they are called bob heath vee's or something like that). They cost about 3 or 4 quid. I dont have any problems at all when using one of them. I ride about 90 miles a day everyday. Just keep wiping it off. Dont let the muck dry. If it dries, it smears when you try to wipe it off.
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Absolutly no problem with grit/salt in Birminham today as the fuckers never put any down.
Ice everywhere instead.
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

I am not far from Nechells it was bloody chaos. I walked as the roads were so bad and saw a dozen crashes in an hour. Watching a pair of fire engines loosing it on a corner is scary.
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Found this mentioning the molasses they add, and why.

https://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2181287.html

All the best

Keith
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Might be worth a try cleaning it first to see if it work.

However other gloves have a shamy (sp) leather patch for cleaning the visor and that works ok for a bit but rapidly seems to clog up.

All the best

Keith
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